Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-09

- 4~A Vicious Oux11It1 E0U1I1 % ~
nIood n Rulmonary Troublss
Although consumption = e common
and fatal 9 complaint % South America
as 10 any other portion Of the globe. there
= class Of persons resident III that coun-
tryamOng whom the dread scourge Il said
never to have appeared. These are the
inhabitants Of the salnderos--a place
where cattle are slaughtered and dressed,
and where sometimes the manufacture Of
beef extract Is carried on A gentleman
recently returned from Argentine Repub-
lie, in talking On the subject with . re-
porter, said: in former years, cattle IN
my country, that Is South America, were
slaughtered simply for their hides, bones,
and tallow, which were articles Of export.
The meat, except such a. the butchers n
the different cities chose to carry away,
was stacked out on the plains and was
eaten up by quickhnle. The places where
the work Of killing the cattle was and y
carried on were and are still known as
saladeros. They are large inclosed spaces
In the open country, generally some dis
The people employed In the business live
colony by themselves.
s.From 5000 to 10, 600 head Of cattle are
slaughtered in these saladeyos every day.
Necessarily there is constant odor Of
fresh blood, which to those unaccustomed
to it Is decidedly unpleasant Consump-
ton, however, has never been known
among persons who live in these saladeros,
and, strange as it may appear, persons
who were so affected and through some
circumstances or another went into one Of
these places to live, have speedily recov-
cred. At first the medical men of the
country reasoned that their diagnoses were
In error, but es the result was the same
time after time, they came TO look upon
the matter in different light and now
declare that residence in q saladeros will
heal an liberated lung and entirely destroy
the germs Of consumption. The process
Ii slow, however, and consunptive must
be patient and content to live In one Of
these places considerable time.
Persons who 60 there and remain only
little while show great Improvement,
but II they come away before they are en-
tirely well they arc liable to relapse into
their former state. understand that =
residence of from eighteen months to two
years in saladeros win cure almost any
case OF phthisis One Of the most notable
cures, and one TINT was primarily the
cause Of inquiries being made on the sub
ject, was that Of Donna Florentina De
Cibels, wife Of Jaime Cibels, Of the firp
of Cibels Hermanos, Of Buenos Ayrea
Shortly after her marriage she developer
unmistakable signs OF pulmonary trouble
The disease progressed until she became
very feeble, and the doctors advised her
that she had but short time to live.
just about this time her husband was sent
out to take personal charge Of one Of his
fathers saladeros, and Mrs. Cibels, though
almost dead, went with him. She had not
lived there many months before she began
to show unmistakable signs Of improve
ment. She remained there with her hus-
band for four years, and when, at the end
of that period, she left the place all symp-
toms Of consumption had disappeared,
and Mrs. Cibels Is to-day as healthy d
woman as lives in the republic. New
York Mail and Express.